Sweeney Todd

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a broadway Tony Award-winning musical by Stephen Sondheim that first hit the stage in 1979. This was recently transformed by Director Tim Burton into a movie which is nominated for several Golden Globe awards. Johnny Depp portrayed Todd while Helena Bonham Carter portrayed Mrs. Lovett. Let me start off by saying that I really like this movie a lot. A bit gory but in a non gruesome kind of way. Throat slitting and blood gushing was definitely shown but in a way that was necessary in the story. The story is about Todd returning to London seeking revenge on Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman aka Professor Snape) for falsely jailing him many years prior to get to his wife. Upon Todd's return, he sets up lodging and a barber shop upstairs of Mrs. Lovett who recognizes him and had this unrequited love for him. Todd killed several men and the bodies were served on Mrs. Lovett's Meat pie shop. He was able to eventually kill Judge Turpin and was killed himself in the end. In the process, he killed his wife who was still alive but crazy and Mrs. Lovett for insinuating that his wife died. Such a tragedy!!!

The flow of the story was effortless, the acting was superb, the costume becoming of the characters and the singing was good considering that Depp and Carter are not singers. But the younger cast members sang quite wonderfully. Specially Johanna (Jayne Wisener) and Tobias (Ed Sanders). Of all the cast members, I think Carter had the weakest voice.
This my friend, is a must see movie specially for the broadway enthusiast. And please, let us give Depp that Golden Globe and Academy that he so deserve.

(picture above taken from Yahoo movie page)